微软计划让Windows 11用户可自定义Copilot键，该键默认启动微软Copilot应用，新测试版包含此自定义变化。Copilot键是Windows键盘30年来的重大改变，也是微软推动用户尝试其AI助手的举措之一，但Copilot在新设备上的体验有所变化。

🎈微软计划允许Windows 11用户自定义Copilot键，此键默认用于启动微软的Copilot应用，但公司正在测试使其可用于启动其他应用的功能。新的Windows 11测试版包含了这一自定义变化，用户可选择让该键启动符合安全和隐私要求的MSIX封装并签名的应用。

💻Copilot键是Windows键盘30年来的首次重大改变，是微软鼓励Windows用户尝试其AI助手的举措的一部分。今年早些时候，新的Copilot Plus PC已开始配备该键，但在Windows 11的最新24H2更新中，微软将Copilot变为网络应用，使其在新设备上的体验变差。

🤔目前尚不清楚微软打算如何在Windows中发展Copilot体验，也不确定公司是否会将Copilot键变得更像Windows键那样可用于启动快捷方式。不过，既然该自定义功能已向Windows 11测试人员提供，预计在未来几个月内将向所有Windows 11用户开放。

Microsoft is planning to allow Windows 11 users to customize the Copilot key that has started shipping on new laptops and keyboards. The Copilot key is configured as default to launch Microsoft’s Copilot app on Windows 11, but the company is now testing the ability to use it to launch other apps instead.

A new beta build of Windows 11 includes the customization changes, available for testers today. “You can choose to have the Copilot key launch an app that is MSIX packaged and signed, thus indicating the app meets security and privacy requirements to keep customers safe,” explains the Windows Insider team in a blog post. “The key will continue to launch Copilot on devices that have the Copilot app installed until a customer selects a different experience.”

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The Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years and part of a push by Microsoft to encourage Windows users to try its AI assistant.

New Copilot Plus PCs also started shipping with the key earlier this year, with Microsoft actually making the Copilot experience less useful on these new devices by turning Copilot into a web app in the latest 24H2 update to Windows 11.

This web app version of Copilot no longer integrates into the Windows 11 settings, so you can’t use the AI assistant to control whether you have dark mode enabled or a variety of other settings. It’s still not clear how Microsoft intends to evolve the Copilot experience in Windows, nor whether the company will turn its Copilot key into something that could be used more like the Windows key to launch shortcuts.

Given the customization for the Copilot key is available to beta testers of Windows 11 today, I would expect we’ll see this available for all Windows 11 users in the coming months.